Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin

Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin (c.1715-1795), known in English as Timothy O'Sullivan, was a composer of mostly Christian poetry in the Irish language whose Pious Miscellany was reprinted over 40 times in the early 19th century.[1][2]

Ó Súilleabháin was born in Míntín Eoghain in the parish of Cill Íde near Tournafulla in County Limerick c.1715.[1][3] His early works were reflective of Munster Irish poetry of the period, including laments, eulogies, "drinking songs" and verses promoting the Jacobite cause.[4] Ó Súilleabháin lived in County Cork for a period and was friendly with fellow Jacobite poet Seán "Clárach" Mac Domhnaill.[4] After later moving to County Waterford, he primarily composed religious poems.[1]

Ó Súilleabháin died in April 1795, and is buried in Ballylaneen.[4]

See also

Further reading
  • An Irish-Speaking Island: State, Religion, Community, and the Linguistic Landscape in Ireland, 1770–1870, 3. Nicholas M. Wolf, (Wisconsin, 2014).
  • Print and Popular Culture in Ireland, 1750-1850, Niall Ó Ciosáin, (Dublin, 2010).

References
  1. "Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin". ainm.ie (in Ga). Fiontar (DCU). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. "Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin". ricorso.net. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. "Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin". The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. 2000 – via Oxford Reference.
  4. "Ó Súilleabháin, Tadhg 'Gaelach'". dib.cambridge.org. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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